Europe

Results of Social Mobility Employer Index suggests dominance of Russell Group is being slowly eroded

Former permanent secretary at Department for Education ‘thrilled and honoured’ with move north

Office for Students says universities should put more weight on applicants’ backgrounds

Proposals to extend open access requirements to include all long-form works beyond REF 2021 divide opinion

Publisher says it remains ‘committed’ to striking a deal, but question mark hangs over institutions’ continuing access

Researcher also suggests there is ‘a lot of interest’ in further study on mindfulness-NSS scores link

Scholars at greater risk of stress-related illness than police, medics and local authority staff, research suggests

Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered

Undead professor deployed as critique of managerialism and teaching evaluation at a UK conference

Mature students more likely to study vocational courses, are mostly women and more likely to live at home, analysis finds

New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved

Robert MacIntosh explains what to expect when staff enter the little-known world of the university exam board